Finished "The Curious Case of the Dog in the
Night-Time" by Mark Haddon, a murder mystery written through the
perspective of a 15-year-old autistic boy named Christopher.
Quickie Amazon Summary: Christopher John Francis Boone knows
all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to
7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions.
He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable
story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a
neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely
heralded novels in recent years.
I read this
to get a little more insight into autism, as I have very little. And I'm aware
having read this doesn't make me an expert now, or that all autism is the same.
But I understand a little better the struggles they experience on a daily
basis. In this particular case of autism, Christopher has Asperger syndrome,
considered a high functioning form of autism. He could still communicate with
others and take care of his own personal hygiene, etc. His main trouble took
the form of understanding people and interacting with them socially. There were
times when the reasons people did certain things didn’t make sense to him,
which reading from his point of view made the situation very raw, and his following
skepticism understandable.
This novel
became much more than a murder mystery, an unexpected twist that made the story
much more serious and real. It depicted the harsh reality that sometimes people
who need help, or children in this case, aren’t always surrounded by the most
appropriate people. No parent is perfect, and sometimes our emotions take over
sensibility. But this novel strives to show that love always wins out in the
end. No matter in what form. Very gripping, give it a read!
Rating: 9/10
Quote: “Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken
all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very
logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time
thinking about them.”
Purchase here and donate to a charity of your choice using
Amazon Smile! I choose the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck!
Next novel: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lates,
Tyler
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